Saturday, 31 May 2025

UPDATED Friday Face Off -- Antonio Banderas

Alas, no one successfully identified
this hunka hunka burnin' Spanish love.




Well, in all honesty, my likeness of Antonio Banderas
isn't all that accurate, is it? If I didn't already know
who this was supposed to be, I wouldn't have
guessed it correctly either, LOL!


Some of the submitted guesses were quite plausible,
though, such as a young Marlon Brando,
Nicolas Cage, Steven Seagal, etc.

image

So here's a big round of applause
for everyone who played the guessing game!

29 comments:

Jeanie said...

I missed the "contest" but I loved the wrap up! Thanks for popping by the other day, Debra!

Bob said...

I was waaaaaaaaaaaaay off!

Tom said...

...thanks Debra, the GIF are fabulous!

Marie Smith said...

You did a lot better than I would have done!

Yorkshire Pudding said...

Sorry I missed the previous post - in which visitors were invited to guess the sleb you had painted/drawn. By the way, I like your style - quite accomplished.

Parnassus said...

Hi Debra, I have heard of Banderas, but I wouldn't know him from Adam. For fun, I decided to download your artwork and put it in the Image Search (I would never do this during the guessing stages, but it turns out it would not have helped much, anyway). Banderas did not come up at all, but the first "matching" image was this one:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/617881244/nude-painting-nude-art-print-nude-ink

Talk about a Freudian nightmare! Apparently everything you draw is secretly a female nude! We'd ask Dr. Spo for his professional opinion, but I am sure he would charge his standard fee, and most likely we could diagnose this "entre nous."
--Jim

Parnassus said...

p.s. The binding strip really looks like it was part of the original photo--great job on that! --Jim

Boud said...

That's hilarious! Great reveal.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Parnassus (Jim) -- I understand that the Google search function is now essentially run by AI and everyone's complaining about how it's not worth a damn anymore. If this doesn't prove that point, I don't know what does, LOL!

Parnassus said...

Hi again, I am not 100% convinced about the inaccuracy of AI. Have you ever seen Banderas and a naked woman in the same room together? I see from the photo you posted that he was in The Phantom of the Opera. I assume that he played Christine Daaé, since all his photo-identifications were unclothed women. At any rate, as far as I am concerned, there is ONLY ONE Phantom--Lon Chaney, Senior.
--Jim

Asep Haryono said...

don’t blame anyone for not guessing Antonio Banderas—he’s a tough one to capture! But now that you say it, I totally see the resemblance (kind of ).

Loved seeing all the wild guesses too—young Marlon Brando and Nicolas Cage made me laugh. This guessing game is such a great idea, and I can’t wait to see who’s next.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Parnassus (Jim) -- This is how conspiracy theories get started, you know. SO GO TO TOWN WITH THIS ONE! I'm all for gender identity fuckery! Just think of all those MAGA panties that will get in a twist about it!

Kirk said...

Actually, your drawing is pretty close to the photo. I think that it's a profile is what threw everybody off.

carol l mckenna said...

Lovely portrait ~ thanks,

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)

The Happy Whisk said...

I missed out on the guessing game. I enjoyed the follow-up post though. I love seeing your art work! Love it.

DB Stewart said...

I say let's see Banderas craft YOUR portrait and see how he does, ha!

Tundra Bunny said...

Jeebus, were you drunk when you drew this?

Mike said...

Ah, good ol' what's his name. I should have known.

Deedles said...

So, not Adam Driver huh? I think it's the lips. Your drawing has fuller lips, not that there's anything wrong with that. My drawings always come out as stick figures with daisy heads.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Tundra Bunny -- No, but maybe I should have been -- it might have helped!

Dixie @ Arranged Words said...

Too bad I missed the contest.
Love your portrait.

Bill said...

I would have never guessed it, I only recognized the name. :)

RO said...

What a fun activity! I love ❤️ your creativity. Hugs, RO

e said...

I'm not surprised I didn't get it - 'movie stars' is one of my worst Jeopardy categories. Lol.

Mary Kirkland said...

I can see it now.

Fundy Blue said...

If it's any consolation Antonio's photograph doesn't look like him either. 😂 Fun reveal, Debra!

Moving with Mitchell said...

Yes! I was almost there. Unfortunately, almost doesn’t count, except in horseshoes and hand grenades.

baili said...

To be honest I recognised Antonio with second blink of eye 🤗
Yea hubby and me are fan of him 🥰

Busy Bee Suz said...

Damnit. I hate losing!! Now I can totally see it!